IPL 2020: Madras High Court notice to Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly for promoting fantasy app

Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly
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The Madurai branch of the Madras High Court has issued notices to Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly for promoting online fantasy apps. Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly will have to answer on this. Apart from them, some actors have also received notice. Justices N Kirubakaran and B Puglenidhi issued notices to Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly on the matter. 

An advocate named Mohammad Rizvi filed a petition stating that some people committed suicide after losing money in these online apps. The bench has said that these apps are in the name of teams like Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals of IPL, are these apps also in the name of states? Do these teams play on behalf of the states? The bench also accused the owners of these apps of using celebrities for crores of rupees.

It's not First petition filed against Virat Kohli :

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This is not the first time such a case has been registered against Virat Kohli. A similar case was filed by a lawyer in Chennai in August. At that time, there was a demand for ban on promoting online gambling and there was also a request for arrest of celebrities.  

The plea by the lawyer said that gambling addiction is more dangerous for the society and is a violation of Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, as it violates the right to life. 

Significantly, Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli are seen talking about and promoting a team in some fantasy apps. Such advertisements on TV run during the match. The court has asked them to reply to the notice by 19 November.